Lane’s post office opened in 1903, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
How Lane began, and where its name came from
When was Lane founded?
The Lane post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.
How did Lane get its name?
Lane was laid out in 1903, and named in honor of T. W. Lane, an early settler.
1 historic place in Lane
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Lost post offices and places now gone
Lane had its own post office from 1903 to 1985.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Lane’s history
What year was Lane founded?
The Lane post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Lane?
One place: the Zion Emmanuel Lutheran Church (listed 2023).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.